By Adam Hopkins

Daunting: Sussex’s Jofra Archer IT’S set to be an exciting few days for the National Counties as they line up against first-class opposition in a series of showcase games”ahead of the One-Day Cup, starting on Tuesday. Long gone are the days when the national counties (formerly the Minor Counties) took on the first-class sides in official List A matches, but these showcase games still give them a proper competitive match against professional opposition. In Oxfordshire’s fixture with Sussex in 2021, England pace bowler Jofra Archer turned...